Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in the FPJ on the 30th of December 2023 It has been the year when Artificial Intelligence took center stage of technology and policy discourse. Once the realm of science fiction books and films, AI is now very real. Conversations…
It is said that the millennial generation has seen more economic shocks in a decade than older generations in their lifetime. Between the European debt crisis that started in 2010, and the COVID crisis that started in 2020, there seemed to be…
this piece appeared in the FPJ on 24th Feb, 2023 ChatGPT has been in the news for the last few months. It is impossible to go on to career sites, without seeing a certain kind of panic around the jobs that will…
One of my fondest childhood memories was going with dad to his office. He used to work at Nariman Point, and he would take us there – usually on a Saturday – to give mom some me time. This is an era…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 20th of June Last week, the government announced two major initiatives. The first was to create 10 lakh (1 million) jobs in the government to absorb youth. The second was the Agnipath scheme aimed to…
I wrote about the Great Resignation in the FPJ on 14th April, 2022 For as long as there has been modern business, people have had to go somewhere – outside their home to work. For the best part of a century, the…
I write on the retail revolution that is going unseen … the small shop goes online. Last week, I bought a bottle of water from a small shop in the middle of nowhere. As has been the case in the post-pandemic period,…
This piece on Remote Working and Small Town India appeared in the FPJ, on the 28th of June My attachment to my city of birth, Mumbai, is huge. I love the city. But, last year, In the midst of the first COVID…
The economies of nation-states across the world have taken a major hit from the COVID pandemic. But there have been some silent collateral benefits. As the world begins to rebuild the post COVID world it is important to look at those benefits…
This piece on unpaid women’s wage – paying for women’s work – appeared in the FPJ on the 4th of January: The COVID pandemic has exposed how fragile the world’s move towards equality and equity is. Across the world, the most economically…